Snippet of Article: "Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) penned a letter to President Biden on Thursday demanding that he fire Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over his handling of the train derailment that dumped toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio..."
Source: nypost.comArticle: The Postal Service would like to remind employees that federal anti-nepotism rules apply at USPS.
Employees are forbidden to directly or indirectly appoint, employ, promote or advance a relative. Advocating for such actions on behalf of a relative is also prohibited.
A spouse, parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece, nephew, in-law, stepparent, step-sibling and half sibling are considered to be relatives.
USPS employees are also prohibited from taking direct or indirect action related to a relative’s career at the Postal Service.
Examples of prohibited actions include:
A higher-level spouse promoting a lower-level spouse;
An uncle hiring his nephew for a postal position in his facility;
An aunt asking a manager to give her niece a detail appointment; and
A brother-in-law recommending his sister-in-law for a supervisor position in his facility.
For more information, visit the Ethics page on Blue or contact the Ethics and Legal Compliance team at ethics.help@usps.gov.
Snippet of Article: "Evironmental Protection Agency official James Justice said the agency has been conducting constant air-monitoring tests that did not show any toxic threats, and residents were told it was safe to return to their homes...But scattered reports of dead animals well outside the original evacuation zone continue to stoke fears....“My video camera footage shows my chickens were perfectly fine before they started this burn, and as soon as they started the burn, my chickens slowed down and they died,” said Amanda Breshears of North Lima. “If it can do this to chickens in one night...Animals are falling sick and dying near the site of a hellish Ohio train derailment last Friday which released toxic chemicals into the air...“Out of nowhere, he just started coughing really hard, just shut down, and he had liquid diarrhea and just went very fast,” Holzer told the outlet of one of his animals. ..."
Source: nypost.comSnippet of Article: "Customs and Border Protection says that on Jan. 30 agents stopped two illegal immigrants attempting to slip past them. One of them is a 40-year-old Salvadoran national with a prior conviction of unlawful sexual activity with a minor in Salt Lake City, Utah from 2008. He had most recently been deported last year, the agency said. The next day, agents nabbed another Salvadoran national with prior convictions in Washington for rape and sexual assault of a child. He had been deported in 2018 after being sentenced to 18 months in jail. The same day..."
Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "The object shot down over Canada on Saturday is a "small metallic balloon with a tethered payload," according to a national security official. There were descriptions of the "object" as being "cylindrical," as the device has been tracked for more than a day before it was shot down."
Source: www.newsmax.com
Snippet of Article: "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered the "take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace" Saturday, according to a tweet." ...Trudeau also said he has spoken with President Biden and that Canadian Forces will recover and analyze the wreckage of the object.
Source: abc7ny.comSnippet of Article: "AGs say that a FBI field office memo targeting Catholics is 'unconstitutional and deeply un-American'...state attorneys general are demanding answers from the FBI and Justice Department and threatening legal action after a leaked internal FBI memo revealed that the agency had efforts underway to identify and treat Catholics as "potential terrorists." Miyares and his colleagues, in a letter exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, told the FBI and DOJ to "desist from investigating and surveilling Americans who have done nothing more than exercise their natural and constitutional right to practice their religion..."
Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” on Wednesday, President Joe Biden reacted to poor polling numbers by stating that “polls don’t matter anymore.” And that if you ask people what they think, they support a lot of his policies...CBS poll, 64% of Americans think the economy’s in bad shape. There’s an NBC poll, 71% think the country’s on the wrong track. Why the disconnect?” Biden responded, “Because the polls don’t matter anymore. ...Read Peoples Comments Here"
Source: www.breitbart.comSnippet of Article: "¿Dónde se permite votar a los no ciudadanos en los Estados Unidos?...San Francisco began allowing certain noncitizens to vote in school board elections in 2016 through a ballot initiative called Proposition N. The Illinois General Assembly introduced a measure allowing certain noncitizens to vote in February. ..."
Source: www.foxnews.comCalifornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nueva Jersey, Nuevo México, Nueva York, Oregón, Vermont, Washington y el Distrito de Columbia (D.C.). Estas ciudades, condados y estados tienen leyes, ordenanzas, regulaciones, resoluciones, políticas u otras prácticas que obstruyen la aplicación de la ley de inmigración y protegen a los delincuentes de ICE.
Source: cis.orgSnippet of Article: "...Most of those caught are single adults. At least 15 nationals, in their 20s through their 50s, were in custody at the DHS’s Rio Grande Valley sector Wednesday, Fox reported. Three Chinese migrants — who each paid human smugglers $35,000 — were caught in Texas last week. ..."
Source: nypost.comSnippet of Article: "The consumer price index edged up 0.1% in December rather than dipping 0.1% as reported last month, the Labor Department's annual benchmark revisions of the consumer price index (CPI) showed. Data for November was also revised higher to show the CPI increasing 0.2% instead 0.1% as previously estimated. ..."
Source: www.newsmax.comSnippet of Article: "Mail carriers in the Chicago area are traumatized, fearing for their lives, following a string of armed robberies and thefts targeting postal workers in recent months, the head of the Chicago branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers told the Tribune on Wednesday. “It’s a traumatizing experience to have a gun pulled at you in the performance of your duties while servicing the public,” said Elise M. Foster..."
Source: www.chicagotribune.comTitle: Ex-FBI Agents to Tell House Panel of Bureau's 'Politicization'
Article Snip: "...Two former FBI agents on Thursday will tell a House panel that the bureau has been transformed into a partisan agency that has targeted individuals and their constitutional rights, the Washington Examiner reported. Thomas J. Baker and Nicole Parker, both former FBI agents, are expected to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. ..."
Reference: www.newsmax.comSnippet of Article: "...Republican majority plans to press hard for evidence of “collusion” between the FBI and Twitter to censor The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story when three former executives of the social media company appear at the Capitol Wednesday morning. ...The FBI paid Twitter $3.5 million from October 2019 to February 2021 to process its moderation requests, according to a document released by Musk. San Francisco-based FBI agent Elvis Chan used a special transmission platform called Teleporter to send Roth and at least one other person 10 documents on the night of Oct. 13, 2020, just hours before The Post’s initial laptop stories were published at 5 a.m. on Oct. 14, according to Musk-released evidence."
Source: nypost.comText Version: REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE UNION DELIVERED TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON FEBRUARY 7, 2023--PM 1
The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message
from the President of the United States which was which was ordered to
lie on the table:
To the Congress of the United States:
Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Our First Lady and Second
Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Leaders of our
military. Mr. Chief Justice, Associate Justices, and retired Justices
of the Supreme Court. And you, my fellow Americans. READ IN FULL
LISTEN
Snippet of Article: '"From out-of-control inflation and violent crime to the dangerous border crisis and threat from China," Sanders said, "Biden and the Democrats have failed you."...In the radical left's America, Washington taxes you and lights your hard-earned money on fire, but you get crushed with high gas prices, empty grocery shelves, and our children are taught to hate one another on account of their race, but not to love one another or our great country," she said.'
Source: www.newsmax.comSnippet of Article: "...Federal employees—and those who recruit them—often laud the excellent benefits that come with working for the government, among other things. ..."
Source: www.govexec.comSnippet of Article: "Much stronger-than-expected U.S. job growth stopped early-year rallies in stocks and bonds dead in their tracks on Friday, forcing Wall Street to recalibrate expectations for how much more hawkish the Federal Reserve will need to be in its fight against inflation. ...renewed the inflation concerns that hammered stocks and bonds last year, reinforcing some investors' belief..."
Source: www.reuters.com
Title: Chinese Spy Balloon May Be Watching Our Cellphone Traffic: Ex-U.S. Colonel
Article Snip: "Chinese spy balloon...monitoring cellphone traffic in the U.S. . In other words, they're looking at our cellphone traffic, our radio traffic." gathering information on U.S. communication systems and radar...President Joe Biden decided against shooting down the balloon..."
Reference: www.newsweek.comSnippet of Article: "...balloon’s current flight path carries it over “a number of sensitive sites...US national security officials have constantly warned about Chinese espionage efforts"... Biden took Milley’s advice not to order the balloon shot down ...
Source: www.cnn.com
Snippet of Article: "...FAA regulations are in place for drones anywhere in the U.S.: Drones must fly below 400 feet above the ground...Register your drone at FAA DroneZone either under part 107 or the Exception for Recreational Flyers. If you are not sure what kind of a drone flyer you are, check out our User Identification Tool or visit our Getting Started webpage to learn more.
All drones must be registered, except those that weigh 0.55 pounds or less (less than 250 grams) and are flown exclusively under the Exception for Recreational Flyers.
Drones registered under part 107 may be flown for recreational purposes as well as under part 107.
Drones registered under the Exception for Recreational Flyers cannot be flown for Part 107 operations.
Remote Identification and Your Drone
Beginning September 16, 2023, all drone pilots required to register their drone must operate their aircraft in accordance with the remote ID rule for pilots, which gives drone owners sufficient time to upgrade their aircraft.
Drone manufacturers have until September 16, 2022 to produce drones with built-in standard remote ID. View Remote ID for Industry. The FAA also encourages the early production of remote ID broadcast modules."
Snippet of Article: "...A Chinese surveillance balloon is collecting intelligence over the continental United States “right now,” U.S. officials disclosed Thursday..."
Source: www.washingtonpost.comNote: DNA and Computer Forensics Would Easily Prove Owner Of Hunter Biden Laptop.
Snippet of Article: "..."We have evidence - that we've been transparent with and will continue to be transparent with - where this family has taken in millions and millions of dollars from our adversaries, mainly in China," said the chairman of the oversight committee, James Comer. ...Mr Isaac also claims that the laptop was left with him for repair in April 2019, and Hunter Biden never returned to collect it. He said he reviewed the laptop files shortly after receiving it and discovered information about Mr Biden's personal finances. After waiting 90 days - the amount of time that had to pass before something could be considered abandoned property - Mr Isaac considered it abandoned. He turned the laptop over to the FBI and provided a copy of the contents to Mr Guiliani"
Source: www.bbc.comSnippet of Article: "...The White House had previously said no classified documents had been found at the property in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. ..."
Source: www.msn.comSnippet of Article: "...The first step is owning a qualified vehicle, which is all listed on the IRS website. An EV owner will really only get the full credit if their federal tax liability adds up to at least $7,500, per CNBC. ...the main changes to the vehicle credit have a lot to do with the manufacturing materials and components of the vehicle battery. Half of the credit is based on the fact that 40 percent of the critical battery minerals must be from the U.S. or countries with free trade agreements with the U.S."
Source: www.greenmatters.comSnippet of Article: "...OPM acknowledges that agencies have various procedures for determining and inputting BUS codes into a position data record,” its Jan. 26 memo said. “With this in mind, agencies are strongly encouraged to include the agency labor relations office in its procedures for determining the appropriate BUS codes to assist with accuracy and compliance.” The ultimate authority lies with the FLRA, which will sort out further disputes. ..."
Source: www.federaltimes.comSnippet of Article: "federal workers an 8.7% pay raise in 2024, a raise they say is needed because they suffered through both the COVID pandemic and the Trump administration. ..."
Source: yahoo.comSnippet of Article: "...Illegal migrants revolted when instructed to leave a Hell's Kitchen hotel for Brooklyn...A group of illegal migrants who entered into the U.S. through the southern border, are refusing to leave their free NYC hotel rooms...I cannot believe the audacity of somebody who would come to our country illegally, take a free bus ride to the number one city in the country, and then decide that they're going to pick and choose the free accommodations that they're getting. ..."
Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...In a post on his Truth Social, Trump wrote: "WOW. AT&T DIRECTV REMOVES
NEWSMAXFROM ITS CHANNEL LINEUP. This disgusting move comes after “deplatforming” OAN last year. The Radical Left seems to have taken over the mind and soul of AT&T. This is a big blow to the Republican Party, and to America itself.” Trump continued: “For DIRECTV to drop very popular NEWSMAX, without explanation, will not be accepted. I, for one, will be dropping all association with AT&T and DIRECTV, and I have plenty. This is just one of many reasons why we must WIN IN 2024!!!" Trump's statement came after AT&T's DirecTV cut Newsmax's signal at midnight Tuesday..." Source: www.newsmax.com
Snippet of Article: "...Russell Dye, a spokesman for Jordan, said the DOJ’s unwillingness to cooperate is worrying. “It’s concerning, to say the least, that the Department is more interested in playing politics than cooperating,” Dye said in a statement. “Our Members are rightly concerned about the Justice Department’s double standard here, after all, some of the Biden documents were found at a think tank that’s received funds from communist China...With the DOJ’s response, the question now comes down to whether Jordan will use his subpoena power to get the information he wants."
Source: www.ntd.comSnippet of Article: "...At midnight Tuesday, AT&T's DirecTV cut Newsmax's signal, immediately shutting the network off from more than 13 million customers of the satellite service, DirecTV Stream, and U-Verse. This is the second time in the past year AT&T has moved to cancel a conservative channel, with DirecTV deplatforming OAN in April. Despite Newsmax being the 4th highest-rated cable news channel in the nation..."
Source: www.newsmax.comSnippet of Article: "...border city of Yuma, Arizona, is at breaking point with the unprecedented flow of migrants leaving the community at the brink of collapse and hospitals and food banks overloaded. Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines slammed the Biden administration for its handling of the border crisis and said his county will crumble as it can't support the cascading flow of migrants. Customs and Border officials say some 5 million migrants have crossed over the US southern border since January 2021 when the Biden administration took over the White House. ..."
Source: www.msn.comSnippet of Article: "The Twitter Files...based upon thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter. ..."
Source: twitter.comSnippet of Article: "White House has repeatedly declined to comment on the contents of the classified records...Bauer said that by agreement with the Justice Department, representatives of both Biden's personal legal team and the White House Counsel’s Office were present for the search. ...While Bauer's statement addresses that the Justice Department took "six items consisting of documents with classification markings," it is unclear the exact number of classified documents seized during the search. "
Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...The Supreme Court conceded Thursday that its investigation into who leaked an unpublished draft of an opinion about federal abortion rights—which incited widespread protests a month before Roe v. Wade was officially overturned—has been a total failure. In a statement, the court said investigators followed all leads and conducted a forensic analysis to no avail. Each of the court’s 97 employees denied leaking the draft in repeated interviews. ..."
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/supreme-court-admits-dobbs-leak-204231723.htmlSnippet of Article: "US Supreme Court has declined to block the laws adopted by the New York last year regulating gun purchases..."
Source: www.livemint.com